Hello, FFIV fans. The wait is over - the first official release of The Lunarian Shuffle that has randomized equipment is here!
The Lunarian Shuffle v1.130 has a feature that, when selected, creates brand new equipment for the game! TLS will also attempt to give the new equipment reasonable names - in the above picture, for example, the Cure2 staff will definitely cast Cure2 when used as an item in the battle, and the Headband must be an item that provides a strength boost and charm immunity. When it cannot find, or just chooses not to use, an appropriate name in its database, it will mash together some random letters, like the Sgehqif ring above.
The focus of The Lunarian Shuffle is to make sure that, with each playthrough of the game, the player has to devise brand new strategies to handle each dungeon and boss. With this new feature, the player gets to make complicated decisions about every single treasure found. Do you want to use the robe that boosts your healing, or the one that has high defense? Is it worth it to keep your otherwise outdated sword that inflicts 4x damage to Dragons? Does that Power headband give enough extra strength to justify switching your FuSoYa out of his mage-y equipment to go berserk in the front lines?
There are some bug fixes and improvements, as well - the Ability Shuffle handles child Rydia better, the Yang and Edge equipment style characters are more likely to be ambidextrous in the Equipment Shuffle, and the names for party members showing up on the opposing side of the battlefield are randomly selected.
As always, get the new version from the Google Drive:
And if you have any questions, suggestions (especially for new names in the naming database!), or just want to chat, join our Discord server here:
Have fun,
- Crow!
had fun trying out the beta, with Oobleck rings (how do they stay on?) and Pleather suits
ReplyDeleteThe trick to wearing Oobleck rings is to always press your fingers together.
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